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Said Azh (born June 3, 1999, in Stuttgart) is a German-Persian composer. In his work, he engages with the dialogue between Persian and Western European musical traditions. His compositions address questions of tradition, the interaction between non-European and classical instruments, language, spatial perception, the relationship between electronic and acoustic music, as well as social and philosophical themes.

In 2022, he won the federal competition “Jugend komponiert” (Youth Composes), organized by Jeunesses Musicales Germany, four times in succession. In September of the same year, he was a fellow of the Kulturstiftung Schloss Wiepersdorf. In 2023 and 2024, Said Azh completed the percussion concerto Ātar for percussionist Sebastian Wielandt, a commissioned work in cooperation with the German Music Council. During this period, further projects were also realized, including works for the Carl Bechstein Foundation in cooperation with NEUES ZEUG, several orchestral works within the framework of the Stuttgart Music School in collaboration with Turkish bağlama musicians, as well as vocal and choral works, including Kāre hame rāst for voice and vibraphone and the cycle Sternenreuse, which were performed at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts.

In 2025, the premieres of the works Buye Juye Muliyān by the IEMA Ensemble and Encor y a maint ressort; ramembrer, imaginer by the Meitar Ensemble followed, both within the framework of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.